Our latest news
Help us map where it counts
09.11.2024
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Joost Schouppe
With OpenStreetMap data becoming ever more relevant, more and more external parties want topics of interest to them to be mapped in great detail. Do you want to help on topics that we care most about? Have a look at the top mapping tasks list on the wiki!
Let us just highlight two organizations we are working with.
First, Fietsberaad Vlaanderen is integrating their Velopark project with OpenStreetMap. A tool was developed to easily link OSM bicycle parkings to the official data in Velopark. ...
Lili-app mapathon: 29/11 - Bruges
09.11.2024
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Seppe Santens
OpenStreetMap Belgium is organizing a mapathon in Bruges as part of our participation in the AMAI “Lili-app project”. The Lili-app will help visually impaired people find and follow the best route using their smartphone. The app will take into account infrastructure such as sidewalks and pedestrian crossings and special facilities such as tactile paving and traffic lights with sound signals.
Initially, a prototype of the app will be developed that is limited to the city of Bruges. During the...
OpenStreetMap Belgium general status
08.11.2024
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Joost Schouppe
Hey, remember we have a newsletter? You can still subscribe here. Maybe it’s taken so long to send a new edition because we’ve been doing so many other things.
For example, during 2023, OSM.be was reborn as its own independent NGO! Our umbrella organization Open Knowledge Belgium went through hard times, and is now refocusing on its core projects. We’re glad to have been part of that community, and even happier that we now have everything under the control of the OpenStreetMap community.
Th...
OpenStreetMap Belgium basemap is up to date again
25.04.2024
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Julien Minet
The OpenStreetMap Belgium base maps have been updated! OpenStreetMap Belgium has been offering free OpenStreetMap background maps for almost 7 years now. But what are these backgrounds? Well, we turn the huge and complex OpenStreetMap data into simple images or “tiles”, that can be used in any website or app.
Why are we doing this? Well, we saw that many websites use the default tiles from the openstreetmap.org website. However, this server is not meant to be used in production in live proje...
Mapper of the Month: dentonny (Belgium)
01.11.2023
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contribution page.
European camera grant project
07.10.2023
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Joost Schouppe
OpenStreetMap Belgium & Mapillary are teaming up to improve the availability of street-level imagery available in the European Union! To help do so, we will be distributing a number of GoPro Max 360° cameras and associated gear to volunteers all over Europe. The 360° imagery we will generate will help improve Mapillary coverage as well as provide street level imagery for the OpenStreetMap community to use to further improve their map data.
Read more about why OpenStreetMap Belgium likes ...
Mapper of the Month: Lorenzo Stucchi (Italy)
01.10.2023
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contribution page.
Hello! Would you like to briefly introduce yourself to our readers?
Hi, I am Lorenzo Stucchi, on OpenStreetMap as LorenzoStucchi.
I am a PhD student in Environmental Engineering at Politecnico di Milano in Italy. I am also, since 2021, the national coordinator of volunteers for OpenStreetMap for Wikimedia Italia1, the Italian local chapter of the OpenStreetMap Foundation. I am also part of the officiers of PoliMappers2.
How and when did you ge...
Mapper of the Month: Joost Schouppe (Belgium)
01.08.2023
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contribution page.
Completing a 360° Cycling Journey Through Every Brussels Street
23.07.2023
Back when OpenStreetMap Belgium was discussing starting a camera grant project, Stéphane De Greef already bought his own 360° camera, a GoPro Max, which is the same camera we use, and started collecting street level imagery of the Forest des Soignes. For the first time, there would be a “streetview” of the forest!
Mapper of the Month: Michel Hebert (France)
01.07.2023
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contribution page.
Mapper of the Month: Zverik (Russia)
01.06.2023
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contribution page.
Mapper of the Month: Jean-Louis Stanus (Belgium)
01.05.2023
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contribution page.
Mapper of the Month: LivingWithDragons (UK)
01.03.2023
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contribution page.
State of MapComplete
28.02.2023
Our member Pieter Vander Vennet is the main developer of MapComplete. Most of the core of the project was made during several paid projects. Now, Pieter has received significant funding from NlNet, which allows him to work half-time on MapComplete for the coming year. Many improvements to the user interface are to be expected. You can follow the progress on the Github pages. There is already some interesting research on his diary.
Looking for some mapping tasks?
27.02.2023
Most of us map just the things that interest us. But OpenStreetMap Belgium likes to focus on specific areas that we think can help the map forward in a significant way. We’ve created a short list of topics where we can use some help: mapping roads, buildings & addresses, the effects of traffic signs and improving long distance hiking trails are on there. All these projects should contain help to get you started, but don’t hesitate to ask for help on any of our channels.
What we did in 2021
26.02.2023
Every year, we write a report about the activities of the Local Chapter. We already finished the one for 2021 last October, but we still wanted to share it with you. Here’s a write-up of all the things we’ve been doing in the year before last. We’ll make the 2022 version soon.
Mapper of the Month: Eebie (Belgium)
01.02.2023
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contribution page.
Mapper of the Month: lusdavo (Uganda)
01.01.2023
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contribution page.
Mapper of the Month: Le Sharkoïste (Belgium)
01.12.2022
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contribution page.
Mapper of the Month: Patricia Solis (USA)
01.11.2022
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Pierre Parmentier
Her homepage and her contribution page.
Grote Routepaden mapping surface tags using MapComplete
25.10.2022
Grote Routepaden VZW maintains 24 long-distance hiking trails in Flanders. They are always trying to improve the trails. That’s why Grote Routepaden is now looking at path surface. Unpaved paths are simply more fun to walk on. Their analysis relies on OSM data and Overpass queries. However, it quickly became clear that too few roads have a surface tag. At the moment, about 50% to 70% of a GR trail has a surface tag. To improve this, Grote Routepaden is going to add OSM data via a MapComplete ...
Mapper of the Month: Jonathan Czalaj (Belgium)
22.10.2022
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contribution page.
FOSS4G & State of the Map Belgium 2022
17.10.2022
Join us for a free full day of talks and discussions about OpenStreetMap in Brussels, on Thursday November 17th 2022.
Promo material + Trefdag Digitaal Vlaanderen
23.09.2022
In September 2022 our Corporate Member Anyways.eu invited us to share their booth at the Trefdag Digitaal Vlaanderen (NL). We had a blast! All day long, people from the geo world, from the private sector and the government came by to ask questions, thank us for our work or simply chat with the people behind the map.
Mapper of the Month: Domenico Calvagna (Italy)
01.08.2022
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contribution page.
Corporate membership
01.07.2022
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OpenStreetMap Belgium
For years, OpenStreetMap Belgium has worked with close to no budget at all. We also didn’t have much costs, so it wasn’t a real issue. Being part of OpenKnowledge Belgium meant we still had access to a professional organisation whenever needed.
The rush for Wallonia
01.07.2022
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OpenStreetMap Belgium
There is a lot going on in Wallonia! Of course the community around Arlon has a lot of activities, but now we are building contacts with the geo devision at the Service Publique Wallonie (SPW) as well.
Mapper of the Month: Ivan Lievens (Belgium)
01.07.2022
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contribution page.
Mapper of the Month: Nicxon Piaso (Papua New Guinea)
01.06.2022
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contribution page.
Mapper of the Month: Gpoilvet (Belgium)
01.05.2022
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contribution page.
Open Belgium 2022
07.03.2022
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OpenStreetMap Belgium
Every year, the open data / open source / open knowledge community of Belgium meet during the Open Belgium conference. There’s a lot of people we haven’t seen since 2019. This year on April 29th, Open Belgium will be a real life event again. We hope to see you in Ghent!
Mapper of the Month: Søren Johannessen (Denmark)
01.03.2022
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contribution page.
Mapper of the Month: Mustafa Kamil (Sudan)
01.02.2022
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contribution page.
Mapper of the Month: Koos Krijnders (The Netherlands)
01.01.2022
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contributor page.
Mapper of the Month: d1sr4n (Russia)
01.12.2021
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contribution page.
Mapper of the Month: Dasrakel (Belgium)
01.11.2021
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and contributor page.
Hello. Would you like to introduce yourself to our readers?
My name is Karel, online is Dasrakel. I live and map in Roeselare, Belgium. My first experience with cartography was using GIS and the Google Maps API on the internship of my education MCT. I work as a programmer / IT professional. OpenStreetMap is completely separate for me, it’s one of my hobbies.
How and when did you get to know OpenStreetMap?
I am pretty well versed in free software, I...
Mapper of the month: Donat Robaux (France)
02.10.2021
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contribution page.
Mapper of the Month: Constantine Tumwine (Tanzania)
01.09.2021
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contribution page.
Mapper of the Month: Mishari Muqbil (Thailand)
01.08.2021
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contribution page.
Mapper of the Month: s8evq (Belgium)
01.07.2021
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contribution page.
Mapper of the month: Racky (Ivory Coast)
01.06.2021
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contribution page.
Mapper of the Month: Besfort Guri (Kosovo)
01.05.2021
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contribution page.
Mapper of the Month: Alouette955 (Canada)
03.04.2021
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contributor page.
Mapper of the Month: Gustavo Soares (Brazil)
09.03.2021
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contributor page.
Mapper of the Month: lhennen (Belgium)
03.02.2021
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contributor page.
Mapper of the Month: Jorisbo (Belgium)
11.01.2021
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contributor page.
Mapper of the Month: Vucod (Belgium)
15.12.2020
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contribution page.
Mapper of the Month: Diseret (Belgium)
15.11.2020
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contribution page.
Mapper of the Month: Thierry Hancart (Belgium)
15.10.2020
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Pierre Parmentier
His homepage and his contribution page.
Mapper of the Month: Jacques Fondaire (Belgium)
16.09.2020
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Pierre Parmentier
Translated from French by Pierre Parmentier
Meetup with Allan Mustard, chair of the OSMF board of directors
23.03.2020
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Cafe De Markten
: Rue du Vieux Marché aux Grains / Oude Graanmarktstraat 5 - 1000 Brussels
We’ll have a usual informal meetup: talk to us about anything related to OpenStreetMap. Total newbie or wondering about how best to do 3D mapping of subway stations? You’re guaranteed to learn something new, over a beer or a cup of tea.
Towards Equal Street Names with Open Data
17.02.2020
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Médecins Sans Frontières
: 46 Rue de l'Arbre Bénit / Gewijde-Boomstraat - 1050 Brussels
The names of public spaces (streets, avenues, squares and others) define the identity of a city and how citizens interact with it. Brussels suffers from a major inequality between male and female street names and we want to help fix this!
Hack Your Future: Presentation day
13.02.2020
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De Krook
: Miriam Makebaplein 1 - Gent
Hack Your Future is a project where refugees are given a crash course in computer programming work. At the end of their classes, they can participate in a ‘bootcamp’, where they build a small, meaningful project.
FOSDEM 2020 - Geospatial devroom
02.02.2020
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ULB - Campus du Solbosch - AW1.126
: Av. F. D. Roosevelt 50 - 1050 Bruxelles
FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate.
FOSDEM 2020 - Meetup/Dinner
01.02.2020
FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate.
Meetup with Hack Your Future
27.01.2020
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De Krook
: Miriam Makebaplein 1 - Gent
This is an informal meetup where everyone interested in OpenStreetMap is welcome to join. Most often we talk about maps, cool uses of them and how to improve them. It is a nice opportunity to get to know the everyone involved and ask questions about anything OpenStreetMap related. Everyone is welcome, from the expert to the newbie that just heard about us.
Missing Maps @ MSF
19.11.2019
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Médecins Sans Frontières
: 46 Rue de l'Arbre Bénit / Gewijde-Boomstraat - 1050 Brussels
We’re doing another Missing Maps mapathon at the MSF offices in Brussels.
OpenStreetMap meeting in Brussels
15.10.2019
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Cafe De Markten
: Rue du Vieux Marché aux Grains / Oude Graanmarktstraat 5 - 1000 Brussels
Let’s build a community with everybody interested in OpenStreetMap!
Open Streetlevel Imagery
27.09.2019
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OpenStreetMap Belgium
Why street level imagery matters and why it should be open
All around the world, people are making a digital twin of the world. They might want to know where the shops are, need data to train a driverless car algorithm, or want to know where the traffic signs are. This work is done by private companies, by government and by volunteers in crowdsourcing projects. Sometimes, this can be done by using satellite imagery. Sometimes going outside is needed. But very often, street level imagery is wh...
Missing Maps @ MSF
24.09.2019
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Médecins Sans Frontières
: 46 Rue de l'Arbre Bénit / Gewijde-Boomstraat - 1050 Brussels
We’re doing another Missing Maps mapathon at the MSF offices in Brussels.
OpenStreetMap meeting in Brussels
02.07.2019
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Cafe De Markten
: Rue du Vieux Marché aux Grains / Oude Graanmarktstraat 5 - 1000 Brussels
Let’s build a community with everybody interested in OpenStreetMap!
Meet the OSMF Board
17.05.2019
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BrewDog Brussels
: Putterie 20 - 1000 Brussels
The OpenStreetMap Foundation board has their yearly face to face meeting in Brussels this time. We will be warming up to the meeting on the evening before, and you’re invited.
OpenStreetMap op Newline - OsmAnd introduction and modification
28.04.2019
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Hackerspace Gent
: Blekerijstraat 75, 9000 Ghent
In this workshop, an introduction to the app OsmAnd is given. I’ll show you the basics of working with this
OpenStreetMap op Newline - Getting Started
28.04.2019
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Hackerspace Gent
: Blekerijstraat 75, 9000 Ghent
In this workshop, an introduction to OpenStreetMap is given - perfect if you are interested but never got started.
National Missing Maps Mapathon 2019 (LLN, Liège)
30.03.2019
Help Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross to facilitate their rescue
National Missing Maps Mapathon 2019 (Brussels, Namur, Ghent, Liège)
28.03.2019
Help Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross to facilitate their rescue
National Missing Maps Mapathon 2019 (Brussels, LLN, Leuven, Mons)
27.03.2019
Help Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross to facilitate their rescue
Open Belgium 2019
04.03.2019
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Herman Teirlinck Building
: Havenlaan 88 / Avenue du Port 88 - 1000 Brussels
Let’s make Belgian knowledge open, usable, used, useful
The Power of Open in Action: Community Day Open Knowledge Belgium
02.03.2019
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BeCentral
: Cantersteen 10 - 1000 Brussels
Open knowledge and open data are very powerful, essential forces for change. The good thing is… you as a citizen can contribute to open projects and contribute to a world where knowledge creates power for the many, not the few.
Mapper of the Month: Volker Schmidt (Europe)
21.02.2019
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escada
Volker at Petrified Forest National Park AZ 2016
Meeting in Louvain-la-Neuve
11.02.2019
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Crêperie bretonne - La Mère Fillioux
: 1a Place des Brabançons 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Let’s meet in Louvain-la-Neuve for the next OpenStreetMap meetup in Brabant Wallon on the 11 February 2018 , 6:30 PM ! Anyone interested in OSM is welcome, from the absolute beginner to the most experienced mapper. Do not hesitate to come if you are just curious about OpenStreetMap and participatory cartography.
FOSDEM 2019 - Geospatial devroom
03.02.2019
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ULB - Campus du Solbosch - AW1.126
: Av. F. D. Roosevelt 50 - 1050 Bruxelles
FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate.
Mapper of the Month: Guirec Halflants (Belgium)
01.02.2019
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escada
translation by Escada and Koninklijke
Weekly Riot chat digest : 24/12/2018 - 31/12/2018
31.12.2018
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Tim Couwelier
Lots of conversation happens in our chat room. The volume is so high, it’s hard to keep up. And it’s easy to forget about issues that were raised. So Tim started making this weekly summary. Have a look at our channels page for more info about joining the chat or other ways to reach us.
Weekly Riot chat digest : 17/12/2018 - 23/12/2018
24.12.2018
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Tim Couwelier
Lots of conversation happens in our chat room. The volume is so high, it’s hard to keep up. And it’s easy to forget about issues that were raised. So Tim started making this weekly summary. Have a look at our channels page for more info about joining the chat or other ways to reach us.
Weekly Riot chat digest : 10/12/2018 - 16/12/2018
17.12.2018
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Tim Couwelier
Lots of conversation happens in our chat room. The volume is so high, it’s hard to keep up. And it’s easy to forget about issues that were raised. So Tim started making this weekly summary. Have a look at our channels page for more info about joining the chat or other ways to reach us.
OsmAnd route engine hacking
28.11.2018
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Zeus WPI
: Krijgslaan 281 - Gent
Zeus WPI - the student working group of UGent - has invited me to give a small workshop on tweaking the routing engine of OsmAnd. After a small introduction, we’ll try to get the things working on our phones.
Mappers in Bruges
21.11.2018
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De Stoepa
: Oostermeers 124 - Brugge
Everyone enthusiastic or interested in creating maps with OpenStreetMap and opensource is welcome! We’ll talk about all kind of topics, answer your questions, …
OpenStreetMap official meeting in Brussels
13.11.2018
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Cafe De Markten
: Rue du Vieux Marché aux Grains / Oude Graanmarktstraat 5 - 1000 Brussels
The first hour will be an official meeting. That means it is intended for official members and there will be actual voting (both offline and online). You can register to be a member on osm.be and will get an invite if you did that before.
FOSS4G Belgium 2018
25.10.2018
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bel.brussels
: Avenue du Port 86c/3002 - 1000 Brussels
After the very succesful FOSS4G Belgium events in 2015, 2016 and 2017, OSGeo.be announces the date of the next
FOSS4G Belgium Conference: 25 October 2018. Stay tuned for more info!
Mappers in Bruges
09.10.2018
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De Stoepa
: Oostermeers 124 - Brugge
Everyone enthusiastic or interested in mapping and opensource is welcome! We’ll talk about all kind of topics, answer your questions, …
Mapper of the Month: Allan Mustard (USA/Turkmenistan)
10.08.2018
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escada
I “met” Allan Mustard when I saw his keynote speech on SOTM 2016. More recently, I read a few of his diary entries where he tells about his surveys. So I decided to contact him for an interview.
OSMAnd route engine hacking
16.07.2018
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BeCentral
: Cantersteen 10 - 1000 Brussels
Did you know that the routing engine of OsmAnd can be tweaked? For example, it is possible to program it so that it avoids all cobblestone. Or, if your left blinker is broken, a route planner with only turns right can be provided. A lot is possible, this is your chance to build your own truly personalized routing engine.
OpenStreetMap meeting in Brussels
19.06.2018
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BeCentral
: Cantersteen 10 - 1000 Brussels
Let’s build a community with everybody interested in OpenStreetMap!
Mapper of the Month: Matšeliso Thobei (Lesotho/Ireland)
15.06.2018
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escada
Please introduce yourself
My name is Matšeliso Thobei from Maseru, Lesotho. I currently live in Ireland and study MSc Spatial Planning at Dublin Institute of Technology. I work as an Assistant Physical Planner at the Ministry of Local Government since September 2008. I love travelling; listening to music and watching movies and ever since I was introduced to OpenStreetMap mapping became one of my hobbies. I got my nickname tshedy from my name and it has been since I was a child.
OSM Meetup in Brugge
03.05.2018
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Ecofablab Brugge
: Binnenweg 4 - 8000 Brugge
Let’s build a community with everybody interested in OpenStreetMap!
OpenStreetMap meeting in Brussels
24.04.2018
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BeCentral
: Cantersteen 10 - 1000 Brussels
Let’s build a community with everybody interested in OpenStreetMap!
Rencontre OSM à Namur
27.03.2018
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Mundo-N
: Rue Nanon 98 - 5000 Namur
Let’s meet in Namur for the next Wallonia OpenStreetMap meetup on the 27 May 2018 , 6:30 PM ! Anyone interested in OSM is welcome, from the absolute beginner to the most experienced mapper. Do not hesitate to come if you are just curious about OpenStreetMap and participatory cartography. We have booked a room at Mundo-N (Rue Nanon, 98, Namur, 10 min. from the station) with a beamer, so anyone interested can bring a laptop and present something. Thema of the day: OpenStreetMap and Hiking
National Missing Maps Mapathon 2018
24.03.2018
Help Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross to facilitate their rescue
Open Belgium 2018
12.03.2018
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Aula Magna
: Place Raymond Lemaire 1 - Louvain-la-Neuve
Let’s make Belgian knowledge open, usable, used, useful
OpenStreetMap official meeting in Brussels
09.03.2018
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BeCentral
: Cantersteen 10 - 1000 Brussels
Let’s build a community with everybody interested in OpenStreetMap!
OpenStreetMap meeting in Hasselt
22.02.2018
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?
: Hasset (location to be defined)
Let’s build a community with everybody interested in OpenStreetMap!
FOSDEM 2018
04.02.2018
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ULB - Campus du Solbosch
: Av. F. D. Roosevelt 50 - 1050 Bruxelles
FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate.
FOSDEM 2018
03.02.2018
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ULB - Campus du Solbosch
: Av. F. D. Roosevelt 50 - 1050 Bruxelles
FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate.
OpenStreetMap meeting in Brussels
19.01.2018
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The Sister Brussels Café
: Rue Chair et Pain 3 - 1000 Bruxelles
Let’s build a community with everybody interested in OpenStreetMap!
OpenStreetMap meeting in Arlon
16.01.2018
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Les Arcades
: Place Léopold 5 - 6700 Arlon
Let’s build a community with everybody interested in OpenStreetMap!
Mapper of the Month: Geochicas
08.12.2017
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escada
Who are you?
We are a Latin American community with members in 11 different countries of the region. http://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/map/geochicas_161167#3/-4.39/-53.88
In #Geochicas we have different profiles, we have backgrounds in programming, social sciences, geography, design, humanities. Many of us are students, researchers, and workers in different companies, state institutions, organizations, and universities in our countries.The name #Geochicas is born as part of the need to encompas...
Missing Maps Mapathon at IPIS
06.12.2017
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IPIS Research
: Italiëlei 98A - 2000 Antwerpen
If you can’t attend the Missing Maps mapathon at MSF the week before, if Brussels is a little far for you or if you just can’t get enough, here’s another chance to contribute to OSM in developing countries and/or pass the passion to new volunteers: IPIS is hosting another Mapathon in Antwerp!
Leuven Monthly OpenStreetMap Meetup
29.11.2017
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KU Leuven Dept. of Geography
: Once on the campus go under the first floor bridge between buildings C and E. Then go through the door on your right.
We get together to discuss OpenStreetMap.org and related topics.
Missing Maps @ MSF
28.11.2017
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MSF Brussels / Handicap International
: Rue de l'Arbre Bénit 46 - 1050 Bruxelles
We’re doing another Missing Maps mapathon at the MSF offices in Brussels.
Mapper of the Month: Horea Meleg & Florin Badita
17.11.2017
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escada
First of all, we are proud to announce that the “Mapper of the Month” series exists 3 years now!
This time we have a duo-interview: Horea Meleg and Florin Badita. They both work for Telenav in Romenia. I hope you enjoy reading how paid mappers collaborate in our community.
OpenStreetMap in Antwerp - Q & A
30.10.2017
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Lebowski's
: Boomgaardstraat 350 - 2600 Antwerpen
Let’s build a community with everybody interested in OpenStreetMap!
FOSS4G Belgium
26.10.2017
After the very succesful FOSS4G Belgium events in 2015 and 2016, OSGeo.be announces the date of the next FOSS4G Belgium Conference: 26 October 2017.
Leuven Monthly OpenStreetMap Meetup
25.10.2017
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KU Leuven Dept. of Geography
: By car, on Kapeldreef drive between building E and F to park, then move to the opposite side of E Building for the main entrance. On foot, The entrance is under this overpassing building.
We get together to discuss OpenStreetMap.org and related topics.
OpenStreetMap meeting in Arlon
24.10.2017
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Les Arcades
: Place Léopold 5 - 6700 Arlon
Let’s build a community with everybody interested in OpenStreetMap!
OpenStreetMap meeting in Brussels
16.10.2017
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The Sister Brussels Café
: Rue Chair et Pain 3 - 1000 Bruxelles
Let’s build a community with everybody interested in OpenStreetMap!
Collaborative infrastructure for the smart city
13.10.2017
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joost schouppe - OpenStreetMap Belgium
At OpenStreetMap Belgium, we want to be the first to map new things. That’s not just because we like doing that, but also to offer the best service to our data users. And it has an implication for local government too.
Leuven Monthly OpenStreetMap Meetup
27.09.2017
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KUL, Building C
: Once on the campus go under the first floor bridge between buildings C and E. Then go through the door on your right.
We get together to discuss OpenStreetMap.org and related topics.
Meetup in Brugge!
26.09.2017
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De Stoepa
: Oostermeers 124 - Brugge
Let’s build a community with everybody interested in OpenStreetMap!
Next Wallonia OpenStreetMap meetup
12.09.2017
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Mundo-N
: Rue Nanon 98 - 5000 Namur
Let’s meet in Namur for the next Wallonia OpenStreetMap meetup on the 12 Sept. 2017 night! Anyone interested in OSM is welcome, from the absolute beginner to the most experienced mapper. Do not hesitate to come if you are just curious about OpenStreetMap and participatory cartography. We can have a room at Mundo-N (Rue Nanon, 98, Namur, 10 min. from the station) with a beamer, so anyone interested can bring a laptop and present something. We plan to bring some drinks. We may go outside for so...
Leuven Monthly OpenStreetMap Meetup
30.08.2017
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KUL, Building C
: Once on the campus go under the first floor bridge between buildings C and E. Then go through the door on your right.
We get together to discuss OpenStreetMap.org and related topics.
Mapper of the Month: Gaurav Thapa (Nepal)
18.08.2017
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escada
Please introduce yourself
My name is Gaurav Thapa and I am currently employed as a Geographer/Project Manager at Kathmandu Living Labs in Nepal. I currently live in Pokhara, Nepal but also spend a considerable amount of time in my hometown of Kathmandu, Nepal. Travelling and seeing new places continues to be one of my great passions and mapping has allowed me to travel to places where I will never be able to go physically. Beyond this my hobbies include playing football, cycling and attempti...
Fourth Leuven Monthly OpenStreetMap Meetup
26.07.2017
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Arboretum Heverlee
: Er is een infobord aan het arboretum, net voorbij de brug onder de E40, schuin naar rechts
Let’s go outside for a change and map the trees of the arboretum of Heverlee as precisely as we can.
I’ll print some maps on paper of what is already there, so we can compare and verify.
Open Bike Data & Mapping with OpenStreetMap
21.07.2017
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BeCentral
: Cantersteen 12 - 1000 Brussels
Open bike data and maps are part of the solution towards more bike-friendly cities. The good thing is… you as a citizen can help improve these data and maps!
Leuven Monthly OpenStreetMap Meetup
28.06.2017
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KU Leuven Dept. of Geography
: By car, on Kapeldreef drive between building E and F to park, then move to the opposite side of E Building for the main entrance. On foot, The entrance is under this overpassing building.
General introduction to mapping with JOSM. Overview of apps to actually use the data like OSMAND and MAPS.ME and of apps that can be use tos contribute source data like Mapillary.com and OpenStreetCam.
OpenStreetMap in Antwerp informal meetup
21.06.2017
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Zurenborger
: Dageraadplaats 4, Antwerpen
Let’s build a community with everybody interested in OpenStreetMap!
OSCAL 2017 - When OSM Belgium meets OSM Albania (and OSM Kosovo)
12.06.2017
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Jonathan Beliën
The story begins in February 2017 at FOSDEM (https://fosdem.org/) in Brussels; a cheerful Albanian delegation arrives on the Brussels ground.
Among these Albanians, Anisa Kuci and Redon Skikuli, members of OSM Albania;
since they are on Belgian soil, they decide to contact OSM Belgium and yaaay, some of us also attend the FOSDEM.
First contact around a Belgian beer, our new Albanian friends announce that they are organizing an open-source conference at their home in Tirana in May: OSCAL (Open...
Leuven Monthly OpenStreetMap Meetup
31.05.2017
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KU Leuven Dept. of Geography
: By car, on Kapeldreef drive between building E and F to park, then move to the opposite side of E Building for the main entrance. On foot, The entrance is under this overpassing building.
We can work on a task from http://tasks.hotosm.org.
Missing Maps Mapathon at IPIS
26.04.2017
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IPIS Research
: Italiëlei 98A, Antwerpen
NGOs working in the South need decent maps in order to reach people who need help. However, in many places the map is not yet complete.
First Leuven Monthly OpenStreetMap Meetup
26.04.2017
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KUL, Building C
: Once on the campus go under the first floor bridge between buildings C and E. Then go through the door on your right.
The 300 participants of the National Mapathon managed to get a lot of work done. Those tasks need to be reviewed and either corrected and validated. Or they should be rejected and feedback sent to the mappers, so they can learn from the experience.
OpenStreetMap meeting in Brussels
24.04.2017
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The Sister Brussels Café
: Rue Chair et Pain 3 - 1000 Bruxelles
Let’s build a community with everybody interested in OpenStreetMap!
Surveys
21.04.2017
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escada
The best way to collect data for OpenStreetMap is by surveying an area. With surveying, we mean walking or driving around and taking notes of the features or objects you encounter. For newcomers it might be difficult to start with their first survey. There are as many methods as there are mappers, but it might help to get started when you have read at least one workflow. That is why I wrote this article.
I will also explain how you can prepare your survey with data from external sources.
OSGeoBE Dev Evening - QGIS Plugin
29.03.2017
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ESI (Haute Ecole de Bruxelles)
: Rue Royale 67, 1000 Brussels
For this OSGeoDevEvening we will explain how to extend QGis with your own plugins.
Following a step-by-step process, we will create our own extension.
National Missing Maps Mapathon 2017
25.03.2017
Help Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross to facilitate their rescue
OpenStreetMap meeting in Louvain la Neuve
24.03.2017
Let’s build a community with everybody interested in OpenStreetMap!
OpenStreetMap meeting in Brussels on February, 21
21.02.2017
Let’s build a community with everybody interested in OpenStreetMap!
OpenStreetMap in Antwerp informal meetup
16.02.2017
Let’s build a community with everybody interested in OpenStreetMap!
Mapper of the Month: Steve All (USA)
19.01.2017
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Marc Gemis
Who are you?
I am Steve All. In OSM I am stevea and in our wiki I am Stevea. I grew up in San Diego and live in Santa Cruz, California USA since age 17, coming here to attend the University of California and fell in love with the place: starting a business, buying a house, raising a son through the local schools and my alma mater, now he is getting his PhD. I double-majored in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence) and Applied Linguistics and became a software professional. I am a fo...
OpenStreetMap meeting in Brussels on January, 16
16.01.2017
Let’s build a community with everybody interested in OpenStreetMap!
Hackday GRB
06.01.2017
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joost schouppe
Last Sunday 12 December, we had our first real OSM Belgium hackday!
The plan was mainly to work on the GRB import. A dozen volunteers made it to Brussels and participated.
In Flanders, 1944 of our contributors have already mapped 1.4 million buildings.
Most of that by hand, from aerial imagery. But recently the Flemish government released the
‘GRB (NL)’ as open data.
This data contains over 4 million buildings, and they are drawn to centimeter level precision.
So we want to improve the g...
OSM Belgium Hackday
11.12.2016
Ben Abelshausen and Glenn Plas would like to invite you to the OpenStreetMap Hackday!
Mapper in the Spotlight: Sarah Hoffman (Germany)
02.12.2016
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Marc Gemis
This is a translation of Sarah’s text in German. Any misrepresentation is our fault.
A chat with OSM Iceland
28.11.2016
Jóhannes B. Jensson is in town. He’s the main organizer of OpenStreetMap in Iceland and the man behind MappingBotswana. Come have a drink with him and talk about mapping, local OSM organisations, etc.
Missing Maps Mapathon @ VUB Brussels
15.11.2016
EGEA Brussels and the student organisation are inviting us for their Missing Maps MAPATHON on Tuesday November 15th!
Missing Maps MAPATHON on Wednesday October 26, at the IPIS library!
26.10.2016
IPIS, Missing Maps and OpenStreetMap Belgium organise another Missing Maps MAPATHON on Wednesday October 26, at the IPIS library!
OpenStreetMap meeting in Bruxelles on Octobre, 18
18.10.2016
After an amazing State Of The Map in Brussels, let’s build a community with anybody interested in OpenStreetMap.
HOT-summit mapathon @ MSF
22.09.2016
The day before SOTM Brussels, there’s the HOT summit. You should go to both :)
After the HOT-summit, their participants are invited to come map with us. So expect plenty mappers who are deeply involved in humanitarian mapping.
September is maptember
21.09.2016
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Joost Schouppe
What happens when you allow everyone to map the world, as they see fit, no questions asked?
Mapper in the Spotlight: Andy (United Kingdom)
09.09.2016
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Marc Gemis
This months mapper in the spotlight is Andy, mapping with the username: SomeoneElse
Presentation of OpenStreetMap to the public in City Hall of Leuven
28.08.2016
We’ll have a table, electricity and an internet connection. It’s inside the city hall, but there will be an exhibition about the new ‘circulatieplan’ for Leuven.
Mapper of the Month: Jorieke Vyncke
20.08.2016
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Marc Gemis
Jorieke, a 28 years old Belgian, has spend a lot of time the past few years to support local OpenStreetMap communities all over the world. She worked on several projects in Africa, Europe and Asia to train people and to promote OpenStreetMap by local and international players.
OpenStreetMap beers in Halle!
10.08.2016
For the first time in the metropolis of Halle (Vlaams Brabant), all welcome to learn, teach or preach about OpenStreetMap.
Mapper in the Spotlight: Jinal Foflia (India)
15.07.2016
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Marc Gemis
Jinal Foflia is living in Bengaluru, India. In her free time you’ll see her playing with words which she turns into poetries, she is an amature baker and is always trying to make something creative out from the waste. Jinal is engineer and works currently at Mapbox as a Data Analyst.
Just talk about OSM over a beer
14.07.2016
Let’s talk about OpenStreeMap - newbies to experts, all welcome.
Missing Maps @ IPIS, Antwerp
29.06.2016
We’re doing another Missing Maps mapathon in Antwerp, at our regular host IPIS.
Missing Maps @ MSF
06.06.2016
We’re doing another Missing Maps mapathon, this time at the MSF offices in Brussels.
Mapper of the Month: Stijn Rombauts
22.04.2016
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escada
Stijn Rombauts is a 37 year old bio-engineer who works for the Flanders Enviroment Agency, where he builds and maintains computermodels of streams and rivers. Those models are used to predict floods and to plan of e.g. fish steps and waiting basins. Because he spends a lot of time in front of the computer for his job, he tries to be active, in the nature, during his spare time: be it on foot, with the mountain bike or in a canoe.
National Missing Maps Mapathon 2016
16.04.2016
Help Doctors Without Borders and the Red Cross to facilitate their rescue
Missing Maps Mapathon - Antwerp
23.03.2016
Register here to volunteer to help out at the event. Any and all help is welcome, you don’t have to be an expert! If you want to come as a regular guest, or want more info, click here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/missing-maps-mapathon-antwerp-march-23rd-tickets-21633266683
(M)Apps 4 Ghent
19.03.2016
We’re organizing a Mapathon (mapping Ghent) at this Open Data Hackathon party.
Missing Maps Mapathon - VUB
16.03.2016
Jo is setting up Mapathon at the VUB in Brussels. He needs a helping hand! Any level of experience is useful.
Missing Maps Mapathon - VUB
27.02.2016
Join the first “mapping party for the homeless” ! It will take place in Brussels, on 27th February, at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB).
You will take part to an important mapping initiative, that would answer the needs of different associations working with the homeless (i. e. La Strada, Médecins du Monde, Association des Maisons d’Accueil).
Mapper in the Spotlight: Dkiselev (Russia)
12.02.2016
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Marc Gemis
The Russian OpenStreetMap community is one of the largest. Still, I don’t know a lot of Russian mappers. Since I wanted to get to know them better, I asked Zverik for some interesting mappers. He was so kind to give a list of candidates. And I just picked one, that happens to be dkiselev
Mapper of the Month: Stefan
02.02.2016
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escada
Stefan (ponci4520) is 28 years old and just finished his studies in resource and sustainability management (Joint Degree for Sustainable Development). Right now, he is looking for a job. He uses OpenStreetMap not only on a daily base for personal use, but also for his university research in order to visualise the distribution of cultural resources in cities. In future, Stefan would like to learn how to build his own map layers to show otherwise invisible buildings and infrastructures.
Missing Maps Mapathon Gent
23.01.2016
We’ll map away somewhere deep in Africa with as many people as possible. RSVP here if you want to help out during the event. Experience iD and JOSM mappers very much needed.
Mapper in the Spotlight: Fredy Rivera (Colombia)
16.01.2016
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Marc Gemis
This time we travel to South-America for our Mapper in the Spotlight series. The interview and the English translation are done by Joost Schouppe.
Mapper of the Month: Polyglot
01.01.2016
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escada
Polyglot is a Belgian network administrator who’s hobbies are changing a bit over time: learning languages, cycling, horsebackriding, and oh …. OpenStreetMap became a major time sink!
Mapper in the Spotlight: Lutz Lange (Germany)
14.12.2015
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Marc Gemis
One of my favorite maps based on OpenStreetMap data is the Historic Places map. I have been contributing several pieces of data that show up on this map, as well as helping a bit with the translation. During those tasks I met Lutz, one of the people behind this map. So it is with great pleasure that I can present this interview with him.
Mapper in the Spotlight: Dave Corley (Ireland)
04.11.2015
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Marc Gemis
I first saw DaCor’s avatar on the help-site, where he gave friendly and detailed answers. Later on, I saw him doing the same on the Irish mailing list. After seeing Jo Walsh’s presentation (video) in which he is mentioned at the end, I knew I would love to interview him.
Mapper of the Month: Olivier Roussel
31.10.2015
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Marc Gemis
Olivier Roussel, or Dagou on OpenStreetMap, is originally from Brussels, but lives for the moment in Arlon. He got a PhD in chemistry and works in a research and developement lab of a private company in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. OpenStreetMap is really a hobby for him.
Mapper in the spotlight: Clifford Snow (USA)
29.10.2015
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Jorieke Vyncke
We have been interviewing Belgian mappers for a year now.Since westill like the concept, [Marc] (http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/escada)took the initiativeto extend it outside our little Belgian communit. From time to time hewill interview amapperfrom somewhere inthe world. He hascompiled a list of 30 mappers (for now) of people that hemet on different mailing lists and fora. And from time to time hewill contact one andask her or him to answer a few questions. The focus will be on indivudua...
Mapper of the Month: Vincent Van Eyken
30.09.2015
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escada
Vincent Van Eyken recently got his civil engineering degree, specialism architecture. With this background, it is not surprising that he has an healthy interest in topics such as urban planning and public space landscaping. But he also has a long lasting and strong passion for geography and cartography. Therefore it is almost natural that he ended up in the OpenStreetMap world.
He maps under the nickname QuercE, which is derived from the Latin translation of his family name; ‘quercus’ (adj. ...
Mapper of the Month: Matthieu Gaillet
22.08.2015
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Marc Gemis
Matthieu Gaillet(Pagaille) is a technical electrician and is now responsible for the technical aspects in a cultural center. His motivation to map comes from his passion for collaboration in map making and his intensive use of maps for cycling and hiking trips.
Mapper of the Month: Marc Gemis
16.07.2015
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Jorieke
Marc Gemis is a 48 year old software engineer for a multi-national in Mortsel. His largest passion are his dogs, which he walks every day. His nickname, escada is the name of one of his dogs.
Mapper of the Month: Joost Schouppe
02.06.2015
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Jorieke
Joost Schouppe is a sociologist. He followed those studies because in his opinion, they are the least specialized that exist. He works in a social studies research center that covers a wide range of subjects. Most of the time the projects have both statistical and geographical aspects, trying to convert data hidden in databases into knowledge. This gave him the opportunity to study data processing in SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences )and made him discover the fascinating worl...
Mapper of the Month: Brice Maron
05.05.2015
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Marc Gemis
Brice (eMerzh) lives in Jette. He is 30 and programmer in a small start-up in Brussels that is active in social analytics. He is passionate about open source and everything around it. For his job he works on Archlinux + KDE and his preferred OpenStreetMap editor is of course JOSM!
Mappers of the Month: Josefien & Ruben
31.03.2015
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Marc Gemis
Josefien and Ruben (M!dgard) are 20 and 19 years old. Between their mapping activities, they are going to college. In high school, they were best mates; and now they walk the streets of Blankenberge and neighbouring villages with their self-made OpenStreetMap badge. Ruben is more interested in the technical aspects, while Josefien spends her free time to design and make two OpenStreetMap T-shirts to wear during their surveys. They love to help others, e.g. they give blood plasma every two wee...
Mapper of the Month: Pierre Parmentier
20.03.2015
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Marc Gemis
Pierre Parmentier is an engineer in construction. He first worked on construction sites and projects in Africa, the Middle East and South America. Then in Belgium. Currently, as freelancer, he participates in industrial projects in different countries of the world. Everything what has to do with mapping, orienteering and fortifications are his hobbies. And many other subjects! He maps under the name foxandpotatoes.
Mapper of the Month: Brecht Bonne
02.03.2015
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Marc Gemis
Brecht Bonne is mapping on OpenStreetMap under the name peeweeke, how he got that name, is a long strory … Brecht is 33 years old and lives in Bruges. Currently he is in between jobs, but he has an education in computer sciences and as network administrator. Brecht is always on the move and has a lot of hobbies. First of all, of course, computer sciences, but he also volunteers a lot: at a youth movement for disabled people, at the Red Cross, at Oxfam Solidarity and their Worldshops. He likes...
Mapper of the Month: Guy Roman
01.01.2015
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Marc Gemis
Since five years Guy Roman is retired. Before that he was technical electrician for a engineering company. He mainly followed up projects for energy distribution and automation. So he was already “drawing” during his career.
Mapper of the Month: Guy Vanvuchelen
01.12.2014
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Marc Gemis
Guy’s username is GuyVV. He is 70 and lives in the area around Tienen. He has worked all his life for a bank. During the last years of his active career he made a lot of statistics, using tools such as Framework, DBase, Excel and Access. He bought his first computer, a MSX, in 1988. A few years later he switched to a “PC”. Although he lost track, he assumes that he already owned 20 different models. He is an amateur photographer since his 16th birthday. Later on, he also made digital videos a...
Mapper of the Month: Ben Laenen
03.11.2014
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xivk
Ben Laenen, in OpenStreetMap known under the username Eimai (pronounce /ˈimɛ/ like the Greek word είμαι), lives in Antwerp and is in his daily life a train conductor. During his studies he became active in the FOSS-world, now already a time ago. He is for example one of the people responsible for DejaVu Fonts, one of the standard fonts in several Linux distributions. The same font is also used in the main rendering engine of OpenStreetMap, Mapnik. As such, he is also active in the Libre Graph...